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<h1 class="title">ppdpo(1)</h1>
<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
ppdpo - ppd message catalog generator (deprecated)
<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2>
<b>ppdpo</b>
[
<b>-D </b><i>name</i>[<b>=</b><i>value</i>]
] [
<b>-I</b>
<i>include-directory</i>
] [
<b>-o</b>
<i>output-file</i>
]
<i>source-file</i>
<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
<b>ppdpo</b> extracts UI strings from PPDC source files and updates either a GNU gettext or macOS strings format message catalog source file for translation.
<b>This program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.</b>
<h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2>
<b>ppdpo</b> supports the following options:
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<dt><b>-D </b><i>name</i>[<b>=</b><i>value</i>]
<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Sets the named variable for use in the source file.
It is equivalent to using the <i>#define</i> directive in the source file.
<dt><b>-I </b><i>include-directory</i>
<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies an alternate include directory.
Multiple <i>-I</i> options can be supplied to add additional directories.
<dt><b>-o </b><i>output-file</i>
<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies the output file.
The supported extensions are <i>.po</i> or <i>.po.gz</i> for GNU gettext format message catalogs and <i>.strings</i> for macOS strings files.
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<h2 class="title"><a name="NOTES">Notes</a></h2>
PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS.
Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as
<a href="man-ippeveprinter.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>ippeveprinter</b>(1).</a>
<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
<a href="man-ppdc.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>ppdc</b>(1),</a>
<a href="man-ppdhtml.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>ppdhtml</b>(1),</a>
<a href="man-ppdi.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>ppdi</b>(1),</a>
<a href="man-ppdmerge.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>ppdmerge</b>(1),</a>
<b>ppdcfile(5),</b>
CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>)
<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2>
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